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'''Sheep''' were woolly grazing animals, especially common in the [[Númenóreans|Númenórean]] region of [[Emerië]], and (in [[Middle-earth]]) on the [[Barrow-downs]] and in the [[Vales of Anduin]].
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'''Sheep''' were woolly grazing animals, especially common in the [[Númenóreans|Númenórean]] region of [[Emerië]],<ref>{{UT|Numenor}}</ref> and (in [[Middle-earth]]) on the [[Barrow-downs]] and in the [[Vales of Anduin]].
 
==Names==
 
==Names==
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The [[Quenya]] word for "sheep" is ''máma'', derived from [[Primitive Quendian]] ''māmā''.<ref>{{WJ|AD}}, p. 395</ref>
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The [[Quenya]] word for "sheep" is ''máma'', derived from [[Primitive Quendian]] ''māmā''.<ref>{{WJ|AD}}, p. 395</ref> [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]] also suggested the [[Common Eldarin]] form ''mbā'' ("sheep").<ref>{{VT|47a}}, p. 35</ref>
  
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In [[Noldorin|Gnomish]], one of [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]]'s early conceptions of an [[Elvish|Elven]] language, the word for "sheep" is ''moth'' (pl. ''mothrim'' or ''mothin''); ''iol'' means "lamb" ("little lamb, lambkin" is ''iolinc'').<ref>{{PE|11}}, pp. 51, 58</ref>
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In [[Gnomish]], one of [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]]'s early conceptions of an [[Elvish|Elven]] language, the word for "sheep" is ''moth'' (pl. ''mothrim'' or ''mothin''); ''iol'' means "lamb" ("little lamb, lambkin" is ''iolinc'').<ref>{{PE|11}}, pp. 51, 58</ref>
  
 
== Portrayal in Adaptations ==
 
== Portrayal in Adaptations ==
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'''2002: ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (video game)|Vivendi's The Fellowship of the Ring]]'':'''
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'''2002: [[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (video game)|''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'' (video game)]]:'''
 
:Sheep are found on the fields around [[Bagshot Row]].
 
:Sheep are found on the fields around [[Bagshot Row]].
 
'''2007: ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online]]'':'''
 
'''2007: ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online]]'':'''

Latest revision as of 18:06, 11 December 2012

Artwork by Brad Williams for MECCG

Sheep were woolly grazing animals, especially common in the Númenórean region of Emerië,[1] and (in Middle-earth) on the Barrow-downs and in the Vales of Anduin.

[edit] Names

The Quenya word for "sheep" is máma, derived from Primitive Quendian māmā.[2] Tolkien also suggested the Common Eldarin form mbā ("sheep").[3]

In Gnomish, one of Tolkien's early conceptions of an Elven language, the word for "sheep" is moth (pl. mothrim or mothin); iol means "lamb" ("little lamb, lambkin" is iolinc).[4]

[edit] Portrayal in Adaptations

2002: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (video game):

Sheep are found on the fields around Bagshot Row.

2007: The Lord of the Rings Online:

Sheep are found throughout the Shire and Bree-land.

[edit] References

  1. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "A Description of the Island of Númenor"
  2. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "Part Four. Quendi and Eldar: Appendix D. *Kwen, Quenya, and the Elvish (especially Ñoldorin) words for 'Language'", p. 395
  3. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Eldarin Hands, Fingers & Numerals and Related Writings — Part One" (edited by Patrick H. Wynne), in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 47, February 2005, p. 35
  4. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "I-Lam na-Ngoldathon: The Grammar and Lexicon of the Gnomish Tongue", in Parma Eldalamberon XI (edited by Christopher Gilson, Arden R. Smith, and Patrick H. Wynne), pp. 51, 58
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